happy valley

We did go back to Park City on Sunday, this time for a little MTB session at Round Valley.  The trails are open but the Quinn's Trailhead restrooms are closed (so plan ahead).  Although the parking lot was medium busy by the time we got there, we didn't see all that many MTBers - I suspect a lot of those folks were dog-walkers.

Bottom of Rusty Shovel

As soon as we started, I was reminded (as I am every year) that it is better for my legs to MTB on Saturday and hike on Sunday; I can hike fatigued but struggle a bit to MTB that way.  Still, the air was cool, the sun was mostly out, the trails were dry so no complaining!  We did our usual start from the parking lot, then did a PorcUclimb/Down Dog loop, then down the Hammerhead hill (that's our name for the feature) to the back side so we could climb up the sagebrush switchbacks of Rambler.  We did another PorcUClimb climb (I love that trail) and, after crossing the ridge, we descended via Rusty Shovel.

When we were done, we met up with our friend Ted (with appropriately socially distant fist-bumps and subsequent hand sanitizer).  He's recently gotten a place near Deer Valley so we had a beer with him on his sunny patio and caught up.  Great day for a short ride and a chat with an old friend.

Ride stats: 11.35 miles; time 1:20; average 8.5 m.p.h.